REVISION OF THE PASSIVE

REVISION OF THE PASSIVE
I- Change the active to the passive if possible
1- My cat died yesterday.
2- I agree with Jim’s theory.
3- Dr. Ikeda developed that theory.
4- Tim dropped the cup.
5- The cup fell on to the floor.
6- The manager will interview me.
7- They have gone to the shop.
8- A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village.
9- The solution to my problem appeared to me in a dream.
10- After class, one of the students always erases the chalkboard.
11- When did someone invent the radio?
12- My grandfather planted this tree 50 years ago.
13- Mary has just washed those dishes.
14- They are going to build a new hospital here.
15- What should we do now?
16- We can do nothing to help her.
17- When is someone going to announce the result of the contest?
II- Complete the sentences with the given words.
1- Ali and Mica (complain)……….to the landlord many times since they moved into their
new apartment, but to date nothing (do)………….. about the leak in the roof and the broken
window in the bedroom.
2- Yesterday I told my teenage daughter to clean her room before she (go)………. to school.
After she had left the house, I looked in the room. She (pile) ………..all her clothes on the
chair. Everything else (shove)………….. under the bed.
3- Sometime people (intimidate)…………..by salespeople. As a result, they sometimes (buy)
………things that they don’t really want.
4- Two days ago I (put) ………… an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my
old car. Yesterday I(sell)…………it. It (buy)………….. by a teenager who (look) ………… for
an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old

car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already) ………… to the
teenager.
5- The wheel (invent)……………over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist)……….
People in making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods.
6- Mark is a genius. By the time he graduated, he (offer)………… jobs by a dozen computer
companies.
7- After the test papers (return)…………. To students in class tomorrow, the students (give)
……………their next assignment.
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8- Ever since it (build)…………. Three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often)
…………..as the most beautiful building in the world. It (design) ………….. by a Turkish
architect, and it (take) ……………. 20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.
III- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital.
1- The book …………me. It is an……………book. I’m ……………in it. INTEREST
2-That chemical……….your skin. The chemical is ………… . Your skin is……… IRRITATE
3- The trip………..everybody. Everyone was…………. . The trip was………… . TIRE
4- Ann ………an egg. She took the egg out of the ………….water. She had an ………egg for
breakfast. BOIL
5- The new ……….us. We were…………. . The news was……………… UPEST
6- Ann heard a noise in her car that disturbed her. It was a ………..noise. She was ……..
when she heard it. DISTURB
7- Jessica’s arguments convinced us. She presented…………arguments. We were…………
CONVINCE
8- I don’t have any furniture of my own. Do you know where I can rent a ………
apartment? FURNISH
9- The equator is the ……….line between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. DIVIDE
10- The poor who live in shack south of the city don’t have ……….water. RUN
11- No one may attend the lecture except …………guests. INVITE
12- We all expect our ……….officials to be honest. EXPECT
13- Because we have a ………….agreement, our landlord won’t be able to raise our rent for

2 years.
14- After an ………..trip of 12 hours, John fell asleep at the dinner table. EXHAUST
15- There are many ……….activities in a large city. STIMULATE
16- I like to hear the sound of gently………….. rain. FALL
17- Skydiving is a ……………experience. THRILL
18- When I get home from work, I’m going to take a long, …………bath. RELAX
19- The game was played in our stadium. The ………..team scored the ………. goal in the
last seconds of the soccer game. Nevertheless, the ……………fans continued to cheer our
team. VISIT / WIN / DISAPPOINT
20- I heard some ……………..news. ENCOURAGE
IV- Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown
1- Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manger. – A new……………………….
2- Smith Ltd are supplying our company with new office furniture. – Our……………….
3- No decision has been made. – Nothing…………………………………………………….
4- People believe that someone murdered Mr. Stone. – It is………………………………..
5- Your hair is very long. You ought to get it cut. – Your hair is long. It…………………..
6- The police were following the suspects. – The suspects ………………………………….
7- No one has seen Peter since the day of the party. – Peter…………………………………
8- We put up a notice about the trip on the notice board yesterday. – A notice…………..
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9- People think that an apple a day is good for you. – An apple a day…………………….
10- At the time my aunt was looking after the children for us. – At the time our
children…….
11- The police have issued a description of the wanted man. – A description…………….
12- Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you. – Eating fruit ………………………
13- Everyone thought the painting had been destroyed. – The painting…………………...
14- People say the late Mr. Johnson was difficult to work with. – The late…………………
15- People think the jewels were stolen by one of the guests. – One of the guests…………
16- It is believed that the Chinese invented gunpowder. – The Chinese……………………
17- There is a rumor that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain. – The escaped…………….

18- It is thought that the two injured men were repairing high-tension cables.
- The two injured men……………………………………………………………………………….
V- Use a form of
have something done
to rewrite the following sentences:
1- A painter painted our house last month. ………………………………………………..
2- The hairdresser is cutting my hair this afternoon. …………………………………..
3- Someone has stolen my motorbike. ………………………………………………
4- The dentist has taken out all Jim’s teeth. ………………………………………………
5- I haven’t been to the car-wash for a long time. ……………………………………….
6- The men are coming to put in the new central heating on Saturday. …………………
7- Someone broke Harry’s nose in a fight. ……………………………………………….
8- Isn’t it the time someone fixed your television? ……………………………………….
9- Helen’s publishers have just published her book. ………………………………………..
10- The police towed away Tim’s car. ……………………………………………………
VI- Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a form of passive, but does not contain the words
underlined.
1- Apparently, Green has a wife in Scotland. Green is said to have a wife in Scotland.
2- Nobody knows anything about Brenda’s family. …………………………………..
3- People think that someone started the fire deliberately. ………………………
4- You should ask a doctor to see to that cut. ………………………………………….
5- People say that Christ was in the army. ………………………………………….
6- My trousers need to be pressed before I leave. ………………………………………
7- No one has signed this letter. …………………………………………………………
8- Mary’s hair still needs cutting. ………………………………………………………….
9- People believe that Norma is living in Paris. ………………………………………
10- The director of the school has decided that smoking is no longer allowed.
VII- Choose the most suitable preposition in bold:
1- The busy shopping street was thronged
by

/
with
people.
2- The emergency exit was concealed
by
/
from
a red curtain.
3- The price of excursions is included
in
/
with
the cost of the holiday.
4- All through January, the fields were covered
by
/
from
snow.
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5- The room was crammed
by
/
with
furniture of all descriptions.
6- Two of the climbers were injured
by
/
with
falling rocks.
7- The island is inhabited

by
/
from
people of mainly Chinese origin.
8- The bank was quickly surrounded
from
/
with
armed police.
9- The windows had been smashed
from
/
with
a harmer.
10- The stadium was packed
from
/
with
cheering fan.
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